Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-03-11

into the bakery house, and Frank Curry
has taken possession OF Benjamin West
man huuse ......Joseph Melendy is VISIT
ing his son Fred IN l}OstOn......JesSe { IT.
penter of WOlcott has taken the Henry
Smile farm. Potatoes are selling for
40 cents: eggs are plenty at 10 cents
/ dozen and butter is % CentS..... Edwin
Hurley has rented the Howard Watkins
place at JeiIersonVile... PhTbe
Powell has re turned from "A visit to Essex
of several weeks. ..."Mr and Mrs. George
a. Wells have gone to Essex on a visit.
Madame patten, 80 years of age, be
came Dewildered on rising from ner bed
one morning last week and fell to the
floor lnjuring heJ spine She is recovering
slowly. y..... Mrs. John Lang, Sr., is under
care of Dr. Flagg for general debility.
Miss lnez Patten Is stopping in Jefferson
VILE with Mrs. Orlla Patten. n...." Charles
Cornell will close his singing school of 80
| in JeffcrsOnVile with concert.......
| Chauncey Warner is thought to be some
what better .....Nlr. SaXton preached at
Jeilersonville last Sunday .......J. o.
Trench has been laid up again from the
effects Of wounds received in the army.
.... The loan exhibition recently given at
the Boro was very interesting
Middlebury.
The funeral of Capt. Orin Abbey was
attended by a large number of people of
all classes to pay their respects to the de
ceased. The fire company, of which he
has from its origin until a few years
since been an active member, attending
in body Rev. a. f.. Carpenter, rector
of St Stephens Episcopal church, con
Quoted the services aud a quartet com
posed of DR.. w. II. Sheldon, Mr..
John NJ Thomas, Mrs G. d.
Miner and Miss Hortense Drake,
furnished music. The remains We're buried
in the east part of the town. The pail
| bH
w. Judd William l.attimer, Clay n Dick
enson, Charles d. Earle and Peter Cham
pagne e..... Saturday made the Tooth day
OF continuous sleighing here, and alto
gethor we have had about l2O days of
sleighing. ..... Horace Crane, brotherin-
been i'll some time withV disease of
the heart, died Sunday morning. and was
buried Tuesday afternoon. He was a
man of retiring disposition but was well
liked. Mrs :. II. Bracy aud children
and Mrs Fred f.. Speyer started Tuesday
morning for the West to JOIN their hus-
bands, Mrs. Bracy going to Western Kan
sas and Mrs. Speyel to Southern Ohio.
l.. II. COggswell is sick with nervous
prostration and at present unable to leave
his bed ... Mr. and Mrs James J. Man
ney entertained about $50 of their friends
at their home in East Mddlebury, Mon
day evening, the occasion being Mr.. Man
ney's 10th birthday.
Panton
| Frank Holcomb, a former well known
commercial traveller for Rutland firms,
| who went to California a year ago, is re-
/ ported seriously i'll, which his many friends
here deeply regret to learn DR.. Tousley
made brief professional visit to Pawlet
| last week ..... Eugene Storms is confined
with Bright's disease and little hopes are
entertained for his recovery.
Nam u.yap
The Capt. Sherman place on the Yer
gennes road has been sold to Mr.. William
/ Walker of Boston, who will tack posses
/ sion sOon......lhe uuwelcome announce
menl is made that DR.. f. +. Preston is soon
to remove to BraudOn.....School in dis
trct no ,, Miss Hnm4n teacher,
closeed Marcn ll..... Rev. Mr.. Sargent
/ preached last sabbath morning and fol-
| lowing the sermon, the celebration of the
/ Lords supper was observed. Two young
men, students AT the academy, We're re-
ceived in.o membership. Rev. Mr..
| knOWltOn, Il former pastor, will send his
son to Beeman academy next season.
West Ferrisburgh.
| Mr. Ovett Kenyon and family Of Hines
burgh We're in town last week visiting
relatives ...... Mr.. Charles Hatch goes ON
crutChe> now, the indirect result of hav-
| ng large log left in his lap by his team
which he was using to load it with. The
| injury was not considered serious as Mr.,
| Hatch was about his premises in il day or
two, but he took cold with the present re
suit.
Cambridge.
Mrs. Elijah Adams could have added to
the Loan exhibition an English dictionary
printed in 1861, a Bible bearing a fami!y
record of date lISi, the wedding dress,
an English "lute string" of her aunt,
Miss LavOnna kidder, who was married
May 10, l1S1 to Mr., Luther HeatOn, some
lovely pieces of old egg shell china and
other things. Mrs. ODER has Il very old
Dutch clock and some pieces of delf ware,
Mrs. Freeman Dodge, a variety of arti-
cles brought from England by her family
the Lamplough's, including pieces OF
Dutch pottery and quaint china tea cups
aud saucers with the ornamentation Ell
tirelV on the inside also some pieces of
Nottingham ware which have st en- long
service. Mrs. X. NJ. Whitcomb has a
brass warming pan and "A long handled
frying pan of mammoth size dating from
the Dutcn oven days. Freeman Whit
comb "marlin PIN made of whales
tooth, Il shot pouch aud sWab used in
the war of lSl2 also a flax wheel known
to have been brought 20 Vermont from
Massachusetts in liSJ,
From other Parts of the state.
The United States si.nal service station
at Northlield opened Tuesday.
Chester will be given $1,000 for a public
library by Dr. Whiting If the town VIII
put up II building.
Saturday made 100 days of continuous
sleighing IN Rutland and vicinity. There
have been 30 snow storms.
1t is said c. y. Benedict of Barre has
been sued by Miss Rose TOwner in Il
breach of promise suit, with damages lald
at $1,000.